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Keywords: Ceramics

Historical Items

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Item 100156

Swasey bean pot, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Stoneware

Item 100173

Blue shell-edge soup plate, Portland, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Portland Media: Earthenware

Item 18850

Flowerpot, Portland, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: Glazed redware

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"A team of archaeologists investigated the discovery and determined the ceramics had been thrown into a privy that was used by people who lived in a…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… / Saco Museum This splendid example of Colonial ceramics bears the likeness of William III. It was abandoned by the Scamman family of Saco when…"

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Indians, Furs, and Economics

When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… buttons, set with miniature cameos of either ceramic or glass. These buttons are not rare or of especially high quality, but are reflective of the…"

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Abbe Museum

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My Maine Stories

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Ramen Making
by Ayumi Horie

Ramen Making is about family, cooking, pottery, and what it means to make a life through one's hands

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My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry

My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.